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The
nner
Volume XXXV, Number 14
A Publication of the Students of Cal Baptist
May 17, 1991
Study claims state and private
schools 'Not all that different'
(CPS)
Dr. Raquel Lebredo has been honored with the Faculty
Member of the Year award. (Photo by Brenda Flowers)
Students can get just as good
an education at state colleges as
they can at most elite, private
universities, two education professors claim.
"The evidence consistently says
colleges are not all that different,"
said Patrick Terenzini, a professor
at the Center for the Study of
Higher Education at Penn State
University.
Terenzini and coauthor Ernest
Pascarella, an education professor
at the University of Illnois at
Chicago, reported their findings
in a book called "How College
Affects Students," which synthesizes 2,600 studies of how colleges influence their students.
He made the comments at a
meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in Washington, D.C.
"Non-elite institutions may
compete quite successfully in educationally significant areas with
their sister institutions that are
substantially more prominent and
resource-rich," Terenzini said.
Their findings fly in the face of
the conventional wisdom that
says high-priced, prestigious universities- which typically are
highly selective in admissions,
have huge endowments, big libraries, lower professor-student
ratios and more education resources in general- can provide a better
education than colleges of more
modest means and lower admissions standards.
Whatever you get
out of college is as
much dependent
on you as on the
college
"Whatever you get out of college is as much dependent on you
as on the college," said Katharine Hanson, head of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, which represents 32 of the
nation's most expensive and most
selective institutions.
Yet the odds are that, every
thing else being equal, students
in a smaller class will get a better
education than students in a larger
class, she said.
"I frankly think they're doing a
lot of selling of a $40 book,"
Hanson said of Terenzini and Pascarella.
The authors base their claims
on research that shows very little
correlation between the type of
campus a student attended and the
student's scores on such national
tests as the Graduate Records Examination.
They also cited studies concluding that only about one percentage point of the difference between the educational attainment
of graduates of public and private
universities is due to the type of
institution the graduates attended.
Most of the difference can be attributed to other characteristics,
including the students' family income and their abilities before entering college.
The authors said their reseach
suggested that students who attended "highly selective" colleges
did not necessarily earn more
money after graduation than students from other schools.
Inside
Special Insert...
The Bummer
!ampus Day news
...page 4
On women in ministry
...page 6
And more!
Many Honored at Awards Banquet
By Lance Williams
Staff Writer
California Baptist College held
it's annual faculty-staff awards
banquet Friday, May 3 in the
Garrett Dining Room at 7:00
p.m.
Eighteen faculty and staff members received awards.
Former Cal Baptist teacher
George Musacchio gave the address. His address stressed the
importance of teachers respecting
students.
"We want students to think for
themselves, even if that gets a bit
scary," Musacchio said. Musacchio also expressed his belief that
the best way to respect students
is to learn along with them and
to teach them to think for themselves. Musacchio, who taught
in the English Department, was a
graduate of Cal Baptist. He is
currently Dean of Arts and Sciences at Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
"Dr. Lebredo
has been a delight
to work with for
the past thirteen
years she's been
on the faculty."
After the address, the presentation of awards were given. Faculty and staff awards were first.
Trevie Dean, Edward Harvey,
Lynda Hunton, Robert Spencer,
Calvin Sparkman, Jackie Val-
court, Jeanette Wong and Stephen
Wyrick were five-year service
award recipients. The ten-year
service award was given to Bob
Allen. The fifteen-year award
was presented to Wayne Swindall. The twenty-year award was
rec- eived by Margaret Dana
while Gary Collins and Wayland
Marler received twenty-five year
awards.
Special awards were then presented by President Tuck to Ken
Futch, Susan Shaw, Ruth Thornton and Musacchio.
The most recognizable award
was given to Cal Baptist's own
Professor of Spanish, Dr. Raquel
Lebredo. She was awarded the
Distinguished Faculty Member of
the Year award.
Master of Ceremonies, and Academic Dean, Dr. Stephen Carleton, commented, "It was obvious
from the warmth of the applause
that it was a popular choice. Dr.
Lebredo has been a delight to
work with for the thirteen years
she's been on the faculty," Carleton continued.
Dr. Lebredo's award included
$2,000 in cash, donated by the
school's Board of Trustees.
"The personal gifts of the Trustees that make this award possible really uplift faculty morale,"
said Carleton.

The
nner
Volume XXXV, Number 14
A Publication of the Students of Cal Baptist
May 17, 1991
Study claims state and private
schools 'Not all that different'
(CPS)
Dr. Raquel Lebredo has been honored with the Faculty
Member of the Year award. (Photo by Brenda Flowers)
Students can get just as good
an education at state colleges as
they can at most elite, private
universities, two education professors claim.
"The evidence consistently says
colleges are not all that different"
said Patrick Terenzini, a professor
at the Center for the Study of
Higher Education at Penn State
University.
Terenzini and coauthor Ernest
Pascarella, an education professor
at the University of Illnois at
Chicago, reported their findings
in a book called "How College
Affects Students" which synthesizes 2,600 studies of how colleges influence their students.
He made the comments at a
meeting of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators in Washington, D.C.
"Non-elite institutions may
compete quite successfully in educationally significant areas with
their sister institutions that are
substantially more prominent and
resource-rich" Terenzini said.
Their findings fly in the face of
the conventional wisdom that
says high-priced, prestigious universities- which typically are
highly selective in admissions,
have huge endowments, big libraries, lower professor-student
ratios and more education resources in general- can provide a better
education than colleges of more
modest means and lower admissions standards.
Whatever you get
out of college is as
much dependent
on you as on the
college
"Whatever you get out of college is as much dependent on you
as on the college" said Katharine Hanson, head of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education, which represents 32 of the
nation's most expensive and most
selective institutions.
Yet the odds are that, every
thing else being equal, students
in a smaller class will get a better
education than students in a larger
class, she said.
"I frankly think they're doing a
lot of selling of a $40 book"
Hanson said of Terenzini and Pascarella.
The authors base their claims
on research that shows very little
correlation between the type of
campus a student attended and the
student's scores on such national
tests as the Graduate Records Examination.
They also cited studies concluding that only about one percentage point of the difference between the educational attainment
of graduates of public and private
universities is due to the type of
institution the graduates attended.
Most of the difference can be attributed to other characteristics,
including the students' family income and their abilities before entering college.
The authors said their reseach
suggested that students who attended "highly selective" colleges
did not necessarily earn more
money after graduation than students from other schools.
Inside
Special Insert...
The Bummer
!ampus Day news
...page 4
On women in ministry
...page 6
And more!
Many Honored at Awards Banquet
By Lance Williams
Staff Writer
California Baptist College held
it's annual faculty-staff awards
banquet Friday, May 3 in the
Garrett Dining Room at 7:00
p.m.
Eighteen faculty and staff members received awards.
Former Cal Baptist teacher
George Musacchio gave the address. His address stressed the
importance of teachers respecting
students.
"We want students to think for
themselves, even if that gets a bit
scary" Musacchio said. Musacchio also expressed his belief that
the best way to respect students
is to learn along with them and
to teach them to think for themselves. Musacchio, who taught
in the English Department, was a
graduate of Cal Baptist. He is
currently Dean of Arts and Sciences at Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
"Dr. Lebredo
has been a delight
to work with for
the past thirteen
years she's been
on the faculty."
After the address, the presentation of awards were given. Faculty and staff awards were first.
Trevie Dean, Edward Harvey,
Lynda Hunton, Robert Spencer,
Calvin Sparkman, Jackie Val-
court, Jeanette Wong and Stephen
Wyrick were five-year service
award recipients. The ten-year
service award was given to Bob
Allen. The fifteen-year award
was presented to Wayne Swindall. The twenty-year award was
rec- eived by Margaret Dana
while Gary Collins and Wayland
Marler received twenty-five year
awards.
Special awards were then presented by President Tuck to Ken
Futch, Susan Shaw, Ruth Thornton and Musacchio.
The most recognizable award
was given to Cal Baptist's own
Professor of Spanish, Dr. Raquel
Lebredo. She was awarded the
Distinguished Faculty Member of
the Year award.
Master of Ceremonies, and Academic Dean, Dr. Stephen Carleton, commented, "It was obvious
from the warmth of the applause
that it was a popular choice. Dr.
Lebredo has been a delight to
work with for the thirteen years
she's been on the faculty" Carleton continued.
Dr. Lebredo's award included
$2,000 in cash, donated by the
school's Board of Trustees.
"The personal gifts of the Trustees that make this award possible really uplift faculty morale"
said Carleton.